Alienation

The Rev. John Fairbrother

30 August 2017

Peripheral glimpse catching a view.A river, reflective, ambling with the road,sweeping across farmland, beneath treesshading banks where life might flourishand detritus begins a journey to the sea.

In a flash, shutter-like, the mind receivesan image that remains, knowing beauty,barely held beyond the instant of sight:Seen at speed, seen by chance, valuedlike hope, lingering in the troubled domain.

Safety commands attention for the road,time for work the object to be overcome.Vista pass like graffiti on a subway wall,apart from purpose, leaving romance,if alive, languishing in a wake.

A scene, insisting, caught in a beat,Becoming refined in feelings castlike shade across another landscape revealinga fractured traverse where heart and mindstruggle beneath distraction and dis-ease.